So, another Monday night means another busy TV night -- at least for me. And I didn't even watch "Journeyman" yet.

NBC.comChuck and Casey

First there was "Chuck," which wasn't as good as the first episode -- it seemed more bad-guy-of-the-week and I was hoping it would deal mostly with the larger ongoing story arc -- but still had its highlights. First there was the obviously hilarious reference to "Lost" when Chuck said "Oceanic Flight 815 was shot down by..." during his image test with the doctor. As the Captain would say: "Awesome." And Adam Baldwin was still good, though not Jayne good. Especially funny were the effects of the tranq dart and how he just randomly fell down. But the Evil Doctor story was sort of silly, except that it leaves me wondering who exactly knows about Chuck and who wants him dead? And why?

I do like Zachary Levi, who plays Chuck, a lot so far (this is the first thing I've seen him in). I loved him after Chuck flew the plane: "And that ... is how ... I do ... THAT!" Very funny.

Final thoughts: What does happen to Chuck when the new computer is up and running in six months? Clearly Casey is supposed to kill him, but really, what is going to happen to this show? Even if the new computer never did happen, there is only a limited amount of time that Chuck can be valuable, right? Because he is working with data from a specific time, since he won't really be uploaded with new images? Or are we supposed to believe that with the data he possesses, new things he sees will keep him up to date on everything? Maybe I'm complicating what's just supposed to be a fun show.

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Then there was "How I Met Your Mother," which is sadly doing horribly in the ratings despite being so very good. Maybe the recent deal CBS made to get it on iTunes will help bring some new viewers to it. I don't know how anyone could resist the allure that is Barney. And Enrique Iglesias was pretty adorable: "What are we talking of? Baseball?" I also love Lily and Marshall, and even Ted is growing on me. I still don't like Robin much, but at least she's not the mother that the title refers to. I hope the show doesn't get canceled before we at least get to meet the mother. Otherwise, the show's title will never have meant anything.

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Did anyone watch "Aliens in America"? I think it definitely has potential, as it had some real funny moments, but it was also heartfelt and sweet. I like that the mom seemed sort of awful -- so caught up in her son being cool that she wants to send the foreign exchange student back -- but came around by the end. I think I'm going to enjoy it if it can stay funny. It's definitely a great show to pair with "Everybody Hates Chris." Who would have thought that my favorite new comedy would be on the CW?

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NBC.comPeter once again realizing how powerful he is.

Finally, "Heroes": It looks like whatever old-school hero killed Mr. Nakamura had some sort of power to survive the fall. Maybe it's another guy with as many powers as Peter, because how did he get in with Mama Petrelli? I think I find the old heroes story more interesting right now than the new guard. And knowing that there are EIGHT paintings in the series of Mr. Nakamura's death means that it would be all of the old guard except one, right? Because Nakamura said there were nine of them left to Mama Petrelli in the previous episode.

Meanwhile, I love Hiro's time in feudal Japan with Kensei -- mostly because I love David Anders as a drunken mess of Kensei. But also because Hiro had to take over and act as Kensei, which is just wonderfully geeky for someone like Hiro. It's also sort of sad since Hiro seemed to care for the girl who he made fall in love with Kensei. Of course Hiro couldn't let Kensei die, THANKFULLY! If David Anders died this quickly, I would be very angry at "Heroes" for getting me so excited about this casting only to take it away from me.

I'm starting to think that Mohinder is just as valuable as any of the heroes since his blood is the only cure for the heroes' virus. He must be more tied to this hero thing than I thought last season. And he not only saved the Haitian, but got him back with his old boss (dare I say friend?), Noah Bennett. "Welcome to Copy Kingdom" was a pretty cool moment.

Maya and Alejandro -- the Wonder Twins, as I've decided to call them -- are mostly boring to me so far. What are their powers all about anyway? It looks like she turns into some sort of crazy demon from the Buffyverse. His power appears to be simply to absorb hers? I'm so confused.

It's sort of frustrating to watch Peter relearn everything, since so much of last season was about him coming to terms with his powers. I don't know how they'll resolve that without making his arc this season seem a little repetitive. That said, how did he get his hands out of the ropes. Was that D.L.'s power to pass through things? And now he's going to have to work as a bad guy in order to find out his identity. This can't happen soon enough for me. I think it's annoying that all of the heroes are scattered again like they were last season right up until the end. I hope they don't plan on doing the same thing again this season.

And I like Claire's new heroic love interest, West. And her fascination with her genetics, and the possibility of saving people with her blood. And then cutting off her toe? Ew! But it grew back! She CAN regenerate. I loved her reaction to that: "No Way!" And West saw, didn't he? But he's a hero, too, so it's OK.

Question: Where is the Sanders family (D.L., Niki and Micah)? And also: Why must NBC make the episode run longer than my TiVo records so that I miss the end? WHY?! Thankfully, I caught it online.